“Acres of Diamonds Are All Around You”

How one parable transformed my life.

Photo by Chris Coe on Unsplash

I’ve been my own boss for a while now—writing books and magazine pieces and writing here, too—and last week someone asked me how I found the courage to write for a living.

“I didn’t always have it,” I said.

Not at all. I was once scared out of my mind to try to write for a living. I got panic attacks just…